Relentless cold wave continues across north India, death toll up to 131

New Delhi:? Bone-chilling cold intensified across north India on Sunday providing no respite to people soaked in the yuletide spirit even as the extreme weather claimed three more lives, taking the country-wide death toll this winter to 131.

The fresh deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh, which has so far accounted for 91 fatalities.

Delhiites shivered on the morning of Christmas as mercury plunged to the coldest of the season at 2.9 deg C, five notches below normal, the MeT office said. The city recorded a maximum of 20.3 degrees.

Hisar in Haryana and Amritsar in Punjab recorded minimum temperatures of 0 deg C and 0.6 deg C respectively, both readings being a few notches below normal.

Narnaul recorded a low of 0.5 degree Celsius, down by five degrees, while the minimum at Ambala settled at 3 degree Celsius, down by four notches, the local weather office said.

In Kashmir Valley, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees, which was the coldest night in the city so far this season.

The tourist resort of Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 9.8 degree Celsius, while in the remote Leh district of Ladakh region, the minimum temperature dropped by a degree to settle at minus 16.2 degree Celsius, the MeT Department said.

In the desert state of Rajasthan, Churu continued to remain the coldest place registering a minimum of minus 1.4 degree Celsius, followed by Pilani at 0.3 degrees.

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